Project

ENVELOPE SYSTEMS FOR EXTENDED BUILDING LIFE

Project Under Development

Aim: develop and test design principles and technical solutions for multistorey timber buildings in Australia, via the use of sustainable, modular, integrated, and innovative envelope technologies that enable disassembly, replacement and reuse.

Interdisciplinary approaches to generate new knowledge on innovative envelope technologies for DFDR.

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Objectives/Deliverables

  • Design guidance for detailing envelope systems for DfA, DfDR, maintenance & repair
  • Re-design (mass) timber buildings for DfDR

Project Leader/s

Eugenia Gasparri

Project Leader; Chief Investigator

The University of Sydney


Project Investigators

Eugenia Gasparri

Project Leader; Chief Investigator

The University of Sydney

Arianna Brambilla

Project Leader; Chief Investigator

The University of Sydney

Lisa Ottenhaus

Node Leader - Design for Extended Building Life; Project Leader

The University of Queensland

Paola Leardini

Node Leader - Design for Extended Building Life; Project Leader

The University of Queensland

Mark Dewsbury

Node Leader - Timber Building Performance for Occupants; Project Leader

University of Tasmania

Hamid Valipour

Chief Investigator

University of New South Wales

Hyungsuk (Thomas) Lim

Partner Investigator

University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ

Neil Logan

Partner Investigator

BVN Architecture

Tony Lam

Partner Investigator

Tzannes Associates


Lead Project Partner Organisation


Project Partners